Faculty

Name Areas of Interest Email
David Andersen
Professor, Unit Leader, Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Avian ecology, conservation & management

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Charles Anderson
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Fisheries ecology, stream ecology

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Gerald Ankley
Adjunct Associate Professor

Ecotoxicology

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Todd Arnold
Professor

Waterfowl ecology & management

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Przemek Bajer
Research Assistant Professor

Invasive fish ecology & management

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John Berini
Adjunct Assistant Professor

animal movement and feeding behavior, landscape ecology, nutritional ecology, plant-animal interactions, stable isotope ecology

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Robert Blair
Department Head, Professor/Extension

Avian Ecology, urban ecology, citizen science

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Joseph Bump
Professor, Gordon W. Gullion Endowed Chair in Forest Wildlife Research & Education, Director of Graduate Studies, Conservation Sciences Graduate Program
Animal ecology, aquatic-terrestrial links, carnivore ecology, carrion ecology, conservation science, ecopoetics, environmental history, graduate education, science writing, stable isotopes, wildlife film, wildlife management.
 
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Nilanjan Chatterjee
Postdoctoral Fellow

Statistical Ecology, Quantative Ecology,

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Francesca Cuthbert
Professor Emeritus

Biology and conservation of waterbirds

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Solomon R David
Assistant Professor

Fish Ecology & Conservation, Freshwater Biodiversity, Science Communication

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Laura Dee
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Conservation ecology, ecosystem services, global change ecology and the intersection between ecology and economics.

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John Fieberg
Professor, Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Statistical ecology

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Kassandra Ford
Assistant Professor, Curator of Ichthyology and Molluscs, Bell Museum
Evolutionary Biology, Ichthyology, Convergent Evolution, Functional Morphology, Biomechanics, Neotropical Fishes, Afrotropical Fishes

 
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James Forester
Associate Professor

Quantitative landscape ecology

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Julia Frost Nerbonne
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Environmental sustainability; conflict management; social movements; climate movement; climate psychology

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David Fulton
Professor, Assistant Unit Leader, Wildlife - Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Human dimensions of fish and wildlife management

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Susan Galatowitsch
Professor

Restoration ecology, wetland ecology

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R J Gutierrez
Professor Emeritus

Game bird ecology, sustainable wildlife management strategies

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Gretchen Hansen
Assistant Professor

Fisheries Ecology

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Christopher Jennelle
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Wildlife disease ecology, disease surveillance, population dynamics, quantitative ecology, spatial ecology, wildlife conservation and management, chronic wasting disease, avian influenza

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Douglas Johnson
Adjunct Professor

Quantitative ecology

Chad Kooistra
Postdoctoral Associate

I study human dimensions of natural resource management (conservation social sciences). My current project is examining people's attitudes about climate adaptation strategies for managing fish and wildlife in the Midwest U.S. to help inform decision making and communication and outreach efforts.

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Kenneth Kozak
Associate Professor, Bell Museum Amphibians & Reptiles Collection Curator

Amphibians & reptile biogeography and evolution

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Terry Kreeger
Adjunct Professor

Wildlife diseases ecology, physiology.

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Adam Landon
Adjunct Assistant Professor

My research interests lie in the human dimensions of natural resources, especially environmental and conservation psychology.

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Daniel Larkin
Associate Professor/Extension Specialist, Extension Specialist, Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center

Aquatic plant management and restoration

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Mike Larson
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Avian ecology & management, quantitative ecology, decision analysis

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Olivia LeDee
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Acting Director, Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center

Conservation Planning

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L David Mech
Adjunct Professor

Wolf ecology and behavior; predator-prey relations; population regulation; social ecology

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Loren Miller
Adjunct Professor

Fisheries Conservation Genetics, Population Genetics, Hatchery Management

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Bruce Monson
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Limnology, mercury and emerging contaminants in aquatic environments

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Kristen Nelson
Professor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Professor, Department of Forest Resources

Environmental change & human systems

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Raymond Newman
Professor

Aquatic ecology, invasive species, and fisheries management. 

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Donald Pereira
Adjunct Associate Professor

Fisheries population & community dynamics, watershed management

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Jim Perry
Professor

Science-policy connections in natural resources

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Nicholas Phelps
Director, Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center, Associate Professor

Infectious diseases in fish populations

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Sushma Reddy
Associate Professor, Breckenridge Chair of Ornithology, Curator of Birds | Bell Museum of Natural History

Origins and maintenance of biological diversity, the evolutionary history of birds

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Charlotte Roy
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Avian ecology, population and community ecology, wildlife conservation and management

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Amy Schrank
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fisheries and Aquaculture Extension Educator, MN Sea Grant

I am an aquatic ecologist with specific research interests in 1) fish movement patterns and community dynamics, 2) aquatic terrestrial links, and 3) the effects of human impacts on aquatic systems.

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Andrew Simons
Professor Emeritus

Phylogenetics of fishes, phylogeography of North American freshwater fishes, evolution of trophic morphology.

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J L David Smith
Distinguished Global Professor Emeritus

Asian mammal conservation

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Peter Sorensen
Professor Emeritus

Fish Physiology & behavior

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George Spangler
Emeritus Professor

Population dynamics of fish in large lake systems

Veronique St Louis
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Quantitative ecology

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Seth Stapleton
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Conservation of marine turtles, Population ecology, Impacts of climate change, Development of methods for monitoring wildlife populations

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Henry Streby
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Avian ecology

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Edward Swain
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Aquatic ecosystem ecology, air pollution impacts, paleolimnology

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Dawn Tanner
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Conservation education, tropical habitat conservation

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Paul Venturelli
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Aquatic ecology; fish and fisheries; invasive and endangered species; life history (e.g., growth, maturity, reproduction, longevity); population dynamics and modeling; resource management and policy; temperature and climate change. 

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Bruce Vondracek
Professor Emeritus

Stream ecology

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Lynn Waterhouse
Assistant Professor, Assistant Unit Leader, Fisheries - Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Quantitative Fisheries Science

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Elena West
Teaching Assistant Professor

Avian ecology and behavior; bioacoustics; conservation; community-driven science

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Tom Will
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Avian biology and conservation

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